Your comments: Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one

Jody Somers/For The Star-LedgerAude Gabory, left, of Chicago, walks with her husband Matthew Gentzkow, right, and their 17-month-old son, Julien, as they join the pedestrians on Nassau Street in the borough of Princeton on Halloween. Voters will decide next week whether to consolidate Princeton Borough and Princeton Township.

The number of towns in New Jersey could reduce for the first time since 1997 after election day. Princeton Borough and Princeton Township voters will decide if the two communities should merge. There have been three previous attempts to merge the two communities in nearly 60 years. But this time the consolidation effort has Gov. Chris Christie's support and the backing of a 10-member commission that studied the plan for two years.

The local study commission says merging the Princetons would save $3.2 million a year when fully implemented. It says if they had consolidated this year, average property tax savings would have been $201 for borough homeowners and $240 in the township.

These towns are a huge duplication of effort and a great way to create multiple jobs. Sorry but you don't need a clerk for both Princetons. One is enough. You only need one DPW as well. Economies of scale people....if you want to pay higher taxes keep the status quo. Why do you think taxes are much lower in the South? They utilize county government for everything and kids still manage to learn, they still have cops and fire and PAID EMS!! These small towns exist because they create jobs. And while I am all for jobs, people are hurting everywhere. It is time for the greater good to prevail.